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Be it known that I, N. WATERMAN,"of Toledo, in the county of Lucas, andState of Ohio, have invented new and Improved Folding Chairsf and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had t0 the accompanying drawings,forming part of thisispeciication.

The present invention relates to that class of chairs in which theseat-frame, whether covered with a rigid or flexible material, is hingedto the front Vside of the chair, and is supported by its rear edge upona crossround in the .backefram and the invention consists in a novelmanner of connecting the back edge of the chair-seat to the round of theback-frame, and in so curving or shaping the back legs to thechair-frame, that,

when the chairrframenis hronghtLto avhorizontal position, or nearly so,they willferm-arest for the chair-seat.A

In the accompanying plate of drawings my improved folding chair isillustrated- Figure I'being a central longitudinal vertcal'sectionthrough the chair. Figure 2, a side view of the chair with its seatinits lowest position.

A, in the drawings, represents the traine constituting the back to thechair, and lby the lower portions B,V

of its side pieces C, forming the front legs to the chair. D the backlegs, formedjby the curved side pieces E that are pivoted at F, to theside pieces'C, forming the front legs so as to turn thereon. G theseat-frame, pivoted by-its front rail L to the upper ends of the backlegs D, with its hind or rear rail or strip H hung to the round I of theback-frame, through hooks .I inserted in the said strip H. The width ofthe seat-frame is such as to fit within and between the side pieces ofthe'bacjk-frame A. In tig. 1 the chair is shown as in an uprightposition, but in iig. 2 it is, represented as in its lowest position,the seat-frame G then resting upon the 'pieces constituting the backlegs, the curverof which is such as to then afford a suitable .rest orsupport therefor.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patenti The combinationof the seat G, and legs B D, whereby the back legs D, fold on the frontlegs B, and the .sea-t G,`passng through between the side pieces C,yabove the 'round I, fold on the hind legs D, of the chair,

substantially as described for the purpose specified. Y

N. WATERMAN. Witnesses:

Gno. W. DAvIs, RALPH Ossonns.

